Nonstop flight route between Santa Monica, California, United States and Malang, East Java, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Santa Monica, California, United States and Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG), Malang, East Java, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,726 miles (or 14,043 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Santa Monica Airport and Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Santa Monica Airport and Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | SMO / KSMO |
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Location: | Santa Monica, California, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 34°0'56"N by 118°27'5"W |
Operator/Owner: | City of Santa Monica |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 177 feet (54 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from SMO |
More Information: | SMO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MLG / WARA |
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Location: | Malang, East Java, Indonesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 7°55'35"S by 112°42'51"E |
Area Served: | Malang |
Operator/Owner: | Government of East Java Province |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
Elevation: | 1726 feet (526 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from MLG |
More Information: | MLG Maps & Info |
Facts about Santa Monica Airport (SMO):
- Originally Clover Field, after World War I aviator 2nd lieutenant Greayer "Grubby" Clover, the airport was the home of the Douglas Aircraft company.
- Santa Monica Airport (SMO) currently has only 1 runway.
- Because of Santa Monica Airport's relatively low elevation of 177 feet, planes can take off or land at Santa Monica Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The airport has a control tower and, on average, handled 296 operations a day.
- The furthest airport from Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is Pierrefonds Airport (ZSE), which is located 11,484 miles (18,481 kilometers) away in Saint-Pierre, Réunion.
- The closest airport to Santa Monica Airport (SMO) is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), which is located only 6 miles (9 kilometers) SSE of SMO.
- Night Departure Curfew – No takeoffs or engine starts are permitted between 11 pm and 7 am Monday through Friday, or until 8 am on weekends.
- In addition, there are numerous recommended noise abatement procedures and limitations that have been incorporated into the Airport’s Fly Neighborly Program and included in the program’s outreach materials.
- Typhoon is the only restaurant on the airport property with a runway view and Spitfire Grill is across on Airport Avenue.
- Airport Park opened as an 8.3-acre public park on non-aviation lands at the southeast corner of the Airport.
- Clover Field was once the site of the Army's 40th Division Aviation, 115th Observation Squadron and became a Distribution Center after World War II.
- In addition to being known as "Santa Monica Airport", other names for SMO include "Santa Monica Municipal Airport" and "Clover Field".
Facts about Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG):
- The furthest airport from Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) is Las Flecheras Airport (SFD), which is nearly antipodal to Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (meaning Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Las Flecheras Airport), and is located 12,426 miles (19,997 kilometers) away in San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
- In addition to being known as "Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport", another name for MLG is "Bandar Udara Abdul Rachman Saleh".
- The closest airport to Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) is Juanda International Airport (SUB), which is located 38 miles (61 kilometers) N of MLG.
- Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport (MLG) has 2 runways.
- Abdul Rachman Saleh Airport is an airport serving Malang, the second largest city in East Java province of Indonesia.
- The airport was closed in October 2009 due to numerous damages found in the runway, but has opened again after some repairs were done.